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- the present invention relates generally to robotic surgical systems and, more particularly, to an apparatus, system, and method for wireless communication and power supply in a robotic surgical system.
- Minimally invasive robotic surgical or telesurgical systems have been developed to increase a surgeon's dexterity and to avoid some of the limitations on traditional minimally invasive techniques.
- the surgeon uses some form of remote control, e.g., a servomechanism or the like, to manipulate surgical instrument movements, rather than directly holding and moving the instruments by hand.
- the surgeon can be provided with an image of the surgical site at the surgical workstation. While viewing a two or three dimensional image of the surgical site on a display, the surgeon performs the surgical procedures on the patient by manipulating master control devices, which in turn control motion of the servomechanically operated instruments.
- the surgeon typically operates a master controller to control the motion of surgical instruments at the surgical site from a location that may be remote from the patient (e.g., across the operating room, in a different room, or a completely different building from the patient).
- the master controller usually includes one or more hand input devices, such as hand-held wrist gimbals, joysticks, exoskeletal gloves or the like, which are operatively coupled to the surgical instruments that are releasably coupled to a patient side surgical manipulator (“the slave”).
- the master controller controls the instruments' position, orientation, and articulation at the surgical site.
- the slave is an electro-mechanical assembly that includes a plurality of arms, joints, linkages, servo-motors, etc.
- the surgical instruments may be introduced directly into an open surgical site or more typically through trocar sleeves into a body cavity.
- the surgical instruments such as tissue graspers, needle drivers, electrosurgical cautery probes, etc., to perform various functions for the surgeon, e.g., holding or driving a needle, suturing, grasping a blood vessel, or dissecting, cauterizing or coagulating tissue.
- a surgical manipulator assembly may be said to be divided into three main components that include a non-sterile drive and control component, a sterilizable end effector or surgical tool/instrument, and an intermediate connector component.
- the intermediate connector component includes mechanical elements for coupling the surgical tool with the drive and control component, and for transferring motion from the drive component to the surgical tool.
- Electrical cables such as flexible flat cables, have been previously used to provide power, ground, and/or data signals between the components of the surgical system. Prior telerobotic surgical systems with such electrical cables are described for example in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/613,800 filed Dec. 20, 2006, entitled “Telescopic Insertion Axis Of A Robotic Surgical System”, the complete disclosure of which has been previously incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
- a sterile barrier e.g., a membrane or film
- a sterile barrier that separates the sterile field containing surgical activity from the non-sterile mechanisms of the surgical robot.
- the present invention provides an advantageous apparatus, system, and method for wireless communication and power supply in a telerobotic surgical system.
- a robotic manipulator comprising a base link operably coupled to a distal end of a manipulator arm, and a carriage link movably coupled to the base link.
- the carriage link includes a communication device that wirelessly communicates with a removable surgical instrument through a sterile drape.
- a robotic surgical system comprising an insertion axis of a robotic manipulator, including a base link operably coupled to a distal end of a manipulator arm, and a carriage link movably coupled to the base link, the carriage link including a printed circuit assembly and a link communication device.
- the system further includes a sterile drape over the insertion axis, and a removable surgical instrument that wirelessly communicates with the link communication device through the sterile drape.
- a method of wireless communication in a robotic surgical system comprising providing a carriage link of a robotic manipulator including a link communication device, positioning a sterile drape over the robotic manipulator, mounting a removable surgical instrument on the carriage link, and passing data wirelessly through the sterile drape between the link communication device and the surgical instrument.
- the present invention allows a user to repeatedly and operably install and remove surgical instruments on the system while maintaining a sterile barrier between the patient in the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile portions of the robotic system. Furthermore, separation of the robotic surgical system's electrical circuits provides additional barrier to leakage currents.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a portion of an operating theater illustrating a robotic surgical system, including a master surgeon console or workstation for inputting a surgical procedure and a robotic manipulator system for robotically moving surgical instruments at a surgical site within a patient.
- a robotic surgical system including a master surgeon console or workstation for inputting a surgical procedure and a robotic manipulator system for robotically moving surgical instruments at a surgical site within a patient.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate a perspective view and a front view, respectively, of an embodiment of a manipulator system, including positioning linkages or set up joints which allow a patient side robotic manipulator and/or an endoscope or camera robotic manipulator to be pre-configured for surgery.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an example of a surgical instrument for use in the system of FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view from above of an alternative manipulator system including a plurality of positioning linkages, each supporting a manipulator arm.
- FIGS. 5A through 5E illustrate perspective views and a partial frontal view of a manipulator including a telescopic insertion axis and wireless communication means in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 A 1 is a close-up view of a carriage link of the telescopic insertion axis in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a side view of the manipulator of FIGS. 5A through 5E showing the wireless communication means and a power supply in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a side view of the manipulator of FIGS. 5A through 5E showing the wireless communication means and another power supply in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 8A and 8B are block diagrams of a main printed circuit assembly (PCA) and a remote PCA, respectively, illustrating inputs and outputs of the PCAs.
- PCA main printed circuit assembly
- remote PCA remote PCA
- FIGS. 9A and 9B are simple block diagrams showing a sliding brush contact for providing power to a wireless communication means in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10A is a perspective view of a sterile drape including an instrument sterile adaptor draped over a manipulator.
- FIG. 10B is a perspective view of the sterile drape of FIG. 10A illustrating a mounted accessory and an installed surgical instrument.
- FIG. 11 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier by a light transmitter and an optical sensor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier via magnetic coupling using primary and secondary parts of a transformer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier via magnetic coupling using a coil and sensor pairing in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 14 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier via radio waves in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 illustrates a block diagram of a printed circuit assembly (PCA) that may be used with the embodiments of FIGS. 10 through 14 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- PCA printed circuit assembly
- the present invention provides a system, apparatus, and method for wireless communication in a telerobotic surgical system for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient, particularly including neurosurgical procedures and endoscopic procedures, such as laparoscopy, arthroscopy, thoracoscopy and the like.
- the apparatus and method of the present invention is particularly useful as part of a telerobotic surgical system that allows the surgeon to manipulate the surgical instruments through a servomechanism at a location remote from the patient.
- a robotic surgical system is the da Vinci® STM surgical system available from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif.
- a User's Guide for the da Vinci® STM surgical system is available from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. and is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- FIGS. 1-3 illustrate components of a robotic surgical system 1 for performing minimally invasive robotic surgery.
- System 1 is similar to that described in more detail in U.S. Pat. No. 6,246,200, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- a system operator O (generally a surgeon) performs a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a patient P lying on an operating table T.
- the system operator O sees images presented by display 12 and manipulates one or more input devices or masters 2 at a surgeon's console 3 .
- a computer processor 4 of console 3 directs movement of surgical instruments or tools 5 , effecting servomechanical movement of the instruments via a robotic patient-side manipulator system 6 (a cart-based system in this example) including joints, linkages, and manipulator arms each having a telescopic insertion axis.
- processor 4 correlates the movement of the end effectors of tools 5 so that the motions of the end effectors follow the movements of the input devices in the hands of the system operator O.
- Processor 4 will typically include data processing hardware and software, with the software typically comprising machine-readable code.
- the machine-readable code will embody software programming instructions to implement some or all of the methods described herein.
- processor 4 is shown as a single block in the simplified schematic of FIG. 1 , the processor may comprise a number of data processing circuits (e.g., on the surgeon's console 3 and/or on the patient-side manipulator system 6 ), with at least a portion of the processing optionally being performed adjacent an input device, a portion being performed adjacent a manipulator, and the like. Any of a wide variety of centralized or distributed data processing architectures may be employed.
- processor 4 may support wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, IrDA, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11, DECT, and Wireless Telemetry.
- manipulator system 6 includes at least four robotic manipulator assemblies.
- Three linkages 7 (mounted at the sides of the cart in this example) support and position manipulators 8 with linkages 7 in general supporting a base of the manipulators 8 at a fixed location during at least a portion of the surgical procedure.
- Manipulators 8 move surgical tools 5 for robotic manipulation of tissues.
- One additional linkage 9 (mounted at the center of the cart in this example) supports and positions manipulator 10 which controls the motion of an endoscope/camera probe 11 to capture an image (preferably stereoscopic) of the internal surgical site.
- the fixable portion of positioning linkages 7 , 9 of the patient-side system is sometimes referred to herein as a “set-up arm”.
- the image of the internal surgical site is shown to operator O by a stereoscopic display 12 in surgeon's console 3 .
- the internal surgical site is simultaneously shown to assistant A by an assistance display 14 .
- Assistant A assists in pre-positioning manipulator assemblies 8 and 10 relative to patient P using set-up linkage arms 7 , 9 ; in swapping tools 5 from one or more of the surgical manipulators for alternative surgical tools or instruments 5 ′; in operating related non-robotic medical instruments and equipment; in manually moving a manipulator assembly so that the associated tool accesses the internal surgical site through a different aperture, and the like.
- the linkages 7 , 9 are used primarily during set-up of patient-side system 6 , and typically remain in a fixed configuration during at least a portion of a surgical procedure.
- Manipulators 8 , 10 each comprise a driven linkage which is actively articulated under the direction of surgeon's console 3 .
- one or more of the joints of the set-up arm may optionally be driven and robotically controlled, at least some of the set-up arm joints may be configured for manual positioning by assistant A.
- manipulators include a telescopic insertion axis 100 ( FIGS. 5A-5E ), although in other embodiments, all of the manipulators may include a telescopic insertion axis 100 .
- Telescopic insertion axis 100 allows for movement of mounted instrument 5 , via three operably coupled links, in one example.
- a manipulator such as manipulator 8 that is supporting a surgical tool used to manipulate tissues is sometimes referred to as a patient-side manipulator (PSM), while a manipulator 10 which controls an image capture or data acquisition device such as endoscope 11 may be referred to as an endoscope-camera manipulator (ECM).
- PSM patient-side manipulator
- ECM endoscope-camera manipulator
- the manipulators may optionally actuate, maneuver and control a wide variety of instruments or tools, image capture devices, and the like which are useful for surgery.
- Instruments 5 and endoscope 11 may be manually positioned when setting up for a surgical procedure, when reconfiguring the manipulator system 6 for a different phase of a surgical procedure, when removing and replacing an instrument with an alternate instrument 5 ′, and the like.
- the manipulator assembly may be placed in a different mode than is used during master/slave telesurgery, with the manually repositionable mode sometimes being referred to as a clutch mode.
- the manipulator assembly may change between the tissue manipulation mode and the clutch mode in response to an input such as pushing a button or switch on manipulator 8 (e.g., a clutch button/switch 103 in FIGS. 5A-5D ), or some other component to the manipulator assembly, thereby allowing assistant A to change the manipulator mode.
- signals for mode change may be passed wirelessly as discussed in greater detail below.
- indicators 20 are disposed on each manipulator assembly.
- indicators 20 are disposed on manipulators 8 , 10 near the interface between the manipulators and their mounted tools 5 .
- indicators 20 may instead be disposed elsewhere on manipulators 8 , 10 , or the like, with the indicators preferably being sufficiently close to the tools so that a signal generated by a particular indicator can be readily associated with a particular tool when the signal is viewed by assistant A. So as to unambiguously identify a tool 5 to be replaced by assistant A, system operator O may input a command into workstation 3 so that indicator 20 on the manipulator assembly associated with the specific tool 5 generates a visually identifiable signal that can be viewed by the assistant.
- LED control signals for indicators 20 may be passed wirelessly as discussed in greater detail below.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of an articulated surgical tool or instrument 5 .
- Tool 5 has a proximal housing 24 which interfaces with a tool holder or instrument interface of the manipulator, generally providing a quick release mounting engagement through a sterile adapter or interface, an example of which is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/314,040, filed Dec. 20, 2005, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/395,418, filed Mar. 31, 2006, which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- Tool 5 includes an elongated shaft 23 supporting an end effector 28 relative to proximal housing 24 .
- Proximal housing 24 accepts and transmits drive signals or drive motion between the manipulator 8 and the end effector 28 .
- An articulated wrist 29 may provide two degrees of freedom of motion between end effector 28 and shaft 23 , and the shaft may be rotatable relative to proximal housing 24 about the axis of the shaft so as to provide the end effector 28 with three orientational degrees of freedom within the patient's body.
- the surgical tool may include a variety of articulated end effectors, such as jaws, scissors, graspers, needle holders, micro-dissectors, staple appliers, tackers, suction irrigation tools, and clip appliers, that may be driven by wire links, eccentric cams, push-rods, or other mechanisms.
- the surgical tool may comprise a non-articulated instrument, such as cutting blades, probes, irrigators, catheters or suction devices.
- the surgical tool may comprise an electrosurgical probe for ablating, resecting, cutting or coagulating tissue. Examples of applicable adaptors, tools or instruments, and accessories are described in U.S. Pat. Nos.
- Modular manipulator support 30 aligns and supports a robotic manipulator system relative to a set of desired surgical incision sites in a patient's body.
- Modular manipulator support 30 generally includes an orientating platform 36 and a plurality of configurable set-up linkage arms 38 , 40 , 42 , 44 that may be coupled to the orienting platform.
- Each arm movably supports an associated manipulator 32 , 34 , which in turn movably supports an associated tool or an image capture device.
- Orienting platform 36 also supports an assistant display 31 , which may be used for set-up, instrument changes, viewing of the procedure, and the like.
- each manipulator 32 , 34 may pass wireless communication signals therethrough in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- manipulator 8 including an embodiment of a telescopic insertion axis 100 is shown in more detail.
- the insertion axis is comprised of a 3-stage telescopic linear axis including three links movably coupled to one another via rails, pulleys, and cables, with the links narrowing in width or form factor moving from the proximal link toward the distal link.
- the present invention provides for one-handed port and instrument clutching, a larger range of motion, a narrower insertion arm, and greater insertion axis stiffness and strength with reduced inertia as a function of insertion depth, thereby helping to enable a two-quadrant surgery with a single setup (e.g., a colorectal surgery), and providing for more space and visibility near the surgical field.
- FIGS. 5A through 5E illustrate a perspective view of manipulator 8 including a manipulator arm 50 , and telescopic insertion axis 100 operably coupled to a distal end of arm 50 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Telescopic insertion axis 100 includes a first link or base link 102 , a second link or idler link 104 operably coupled to base link 102 , and a third link or carriage link 106 operably coupled to idler link 104 .
- FIG. 5 A 1 illustrates a closer view of carriage link 106 .
- Base link 102 is operably coupled to a distal end of arm 50 , and in one example has an accessory clamp 108 attached to a distal end of base link 102 .
- An accessory 110 such as a cannula, may be mounted onto accessory clamp 108 .
- An example of applicable accessory clamps and accessories are disclosed in pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/240,087, filed Sep. 30, 2005, the full disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- An example of applicable sterile adaptors and instrument housings are disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/314,040, filed Dec. 20, 2005 and in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/395,418, filed Mar. 31, 2006, the full disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- Carriage link 106 includes an instrument interface 101 for operably coupling to a sterile adaptor 109 , which in turn is operably coupled to a housing 24 of an instrument 5 , and controls the depth of the instrument inside a patient.
- the sterile adaptor 109 may be part of a drape that may be draped over the robotic surgical system, and in particular the manipulator system, to establish a sterile barrier between the non-sterile PSM arms and the sterile field of the surgical procedure.
- An example of an applicable drape and adaptor is disclosed in pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/240,113 filed Sep. 30, 2005 and U.S. application Ser. No. 11/314,040 filed Dec. 20, 2005, the full disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- Idler link 104 is movably coupled between base link 102 and carriage link 106 to allow the links 102 , 104 , and 106 to move relative to one another along a lengthwise axis (e.g., axis C) in a telescoping fashion.
- a lengthwise axis e.g., axis C
- Motion along axes A through G in manipulator 8 are provided by cables extending at least between the proximal and distal links in accordance with the present invention.
- the robotic arm can then control a tool operably coupled to the arm.
- the cables are a component of a transmission system also including drive pulleys, idler pulleys, and output pulleys, which are driven by electric motors.
- a pulley bank is located on an underside of base link 102 for passing cables between insertion axis 100 and manipulator arm 50 of manipulator system 6 .
- a plurality of motion feed-throughs, in addition to other elements, may also be provided for transferring motion.
- the drive assembly may further include a plurality of drive motors coupled to the arm for rotation therewith. Yaw and pitch motors control the motion of the arm about the A axis and the B axis ( FIG. 5A ), respectively, and drive motors control the motion of the wrist unit and surgical tool.
- four drive motors are mounted proximally in the arm to control four degrees of freedom of the tool mounted distally on the arm (the D, E, F, and G axes).
- a proximally mounted motor controls the insertion position of the tool distally on the arm (along the C axis).
- the drive motors will preferably be coupled to encoders and potentiometers (not shown) to enable the servomechanism.
- Embodiments of the drive assembly, arm, and other applicable parts are described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,331,181, 6,491,701, and 6,770,081, the full disclosures of which (including disclosures incorporated by reference therein) are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
- the manipulator arm and the drive assembly may also be used with a broad range of positioning devices.
- a more complete description of a remote center positioning device can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/504,301, filed Jul. 20, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,931,832, the complete disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
- Prior robotic surgical systems have used electrical wire harnesses to provide power, ground, and/or data signals between the components of the surgical system.
- routing electrical cables or wire harnesses through the manipulator, in particular the insertion axis may be disadvantageous for various reasons, including but not limited to insufficient space for the number of wires required, the bending required of the cable over its lifetime causing damage to the cable, surrounding parts of the robot being required to be enlarged to accommodate cables, and the cable not being sufficiently packaged out of the working area of the robot thereby causing disruption of the workflow and/or exposure of the cable to damage.
- main PCA/transceiver main PCA/transceiver
- remote PCA and wireless transceiver 204 remote PCA and wireless transceiver
- main PCA/transceiver 202 is located outside of insertion axis 100 , in one example within a link of arm 50 , and is operably coupled to other control electronics of the robotic surgical system.
- Remote PCA/transceiver 204 is located within insertion axis 100 , in one example being within carriage link 106 , and is operably coupled to interface 101 for receiving the sterile adaptor and the surgical instrument. In another example, remote PCA/transceiver 204 may be operably coupled to indicator 20 .
- PCAs/transceivers 202 and 204 may be positioned in various locations of the surgical system, including a location external to the manipulator system, for allowing the wireless communication of data, and that multiple sets of main and remote PCAs/transceivers may also be used throughout the surgical system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Main PCA/transceiver 202 and remote PCA/transceiver 204 may support various wireless communication protocols, including but not limited to Bluetooth, IrDA, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11, DECT, and Wireless Telemetry.
- Data transmitted between remote PCA/transceiver 204 and main PCA/transceiver 202 may include information about the instrument (e.g., instrument identification, connection status to the sterile adaptor via a Hall Effect sensor, etc.), the sterile adaptor (e.g., connection status to the carriage link interface, etc.), and the state of the system (e.g., tissue manipulation mode, clutch mode, cannula presence, etc., that control for such things as LED color and blinking frequency of indicator 20 ).
- the instrument e.g., instrument identification, connection status to the sterile adaptor via a Hall Effect sensor, etc.
- the sterile adaptor e.g., connection status to the carriage link interface, etc.
- the state of the system e.g., tissue manipulation mode,
- electrical signals may be communicated to and from a surgical tool, a sterile adaptor, LEDs, a clutch button, and Hall Effect sensors.
- Other examples of data that may be communicated are described in the User's Guide for the da Vinci® STM surgical system available from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- FIGS. 8A and 8B block diagrams of a main PCA 202 and a remote PCA 204 , respectively, are illustrated showing inputs and outputs of the PCAs.
- the remote PCA may have inputs and outputs for providing power and/or communicating with LEDs, Hall effect sensors, a sterile adaptor, an instrument, and a user interface button (e.g., for a clutch operation).
- the remote PCA may also include an input for receiving power and an input/output for communicating with a main PCA (e.g., processor 4 of FIG. 1 ).
- the main PCA may have inputs and outputs for providing power and/or communicating with motors (e.g., the main PCA transmits position controls to the motors and processes potentiometer and encoder signals), sensors, the user interface button, the remote PCA, and other printed circuit boards on a patient side cart system via a serial communication bus.
- the remote PCA may include, in one example, an Embedded Serializer for Instrument Interface (ESII) PCA
- the main PCA may include, in one example, an Embedded Serializer Patient Manipulator (ESPM) PCA, both of which are manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif.
- EMII Embedded Serializer for Instrument Interface
- EPM Embedded Serializer Patient Manipulator
- a battery 206 is operably coupled to remote PCA/transceiver 204 .
- a small disposable battery may be used to power the remote PCA/transceiver 204 .
- Field service personnel may preemptively change this battery a few times a year.
- rechargeable batteries may be utilized.
- an inductive charging system may be used such that the battery for the remote PCA may be charged when the system is not in use (e.g., the insertion axis may completely retract when the system is turned off thereby bringing charger coils sufficiently close to charge the battery).
- the battery for the remote PCA may be charged when the system is not in use (e.g., the insertion axis may completely retract when the system is turned off thereby bringing charger coils sufficiently close to charge the battery).
- no conductors are exposed and no batteries need be replaced in this embodiment.
- a large battery on the manipulator cart can charge the remote PCA battery even if the cart is not plugged into a wall socket.
- a wire 210 may be routed to the remote PCA 204 to provide power from a power source 208 external to the insertion axis, thereby eliminating many of the wires between the two PCAs/transceivers.
- sliding wiper contacts may be used between the base link 102 and idler link 104 , and between the idler link 104 and the carriage link 106 .
- FIGS. 9A and 9B illustrate an example of sliding wiper contacts between links 102 and 104 . Substantially similar structures could be used between links 104 and 106 .
- FIG. 9A illustrates a simplified side view of a conductive brush 212 attached to link 102 (or alternatively on link 104 ) that slides over a conductive lengthwise track 214 on link 104 (or alternatively on link 102 ) and that allows for electrical coupling between links 102 and 104 even during relative movement of the links.
- FIG. 9A illustrates a simplified side view of a conductive brush 212 attached to link 102 (or alternatively on link 104 ) that slides over a conductive lengthwise track 214 on link 104 (or alternatively on link 102 ) and that allows for electrical coupling between links 102 and 104 even during relative movement of the links.
- FIG. 9B illustrates a simplified top view of the lengthwise track 214 that may include two parallel tracks 214 a and 214 b , with one track for power and the other track for ground. Brush 212 may be preloaded against track 214 to ensure good contact in one example.
- a drape may be draped over the robotic surgical system, and in particular the manipulator system, to establish a sterile and electrically-isolating barrier between the non-sterile PSM arms and the sterile field of the surgical procedure, as illustrated in FIGS. 10A and 10B .
- FIG. 10A is a perspective view of a sterile drape 300 including instrument sterile adaptor 109 draped over manipulator 8 , manipulator arm 50 , and insertion axis 100 .
- FIG. 10B is a perspective view of sterile drape 300 of FIG.
- FIG. 10A illustrating a mounted accessory 110 (e.g., a cannula) and an installed surgical instrument 5 (including housing 24 , shaft 23 , wrist 29 , and end effector 28 ) engaged with adaptor 109 .
- a mounted accessory 110 e.g., a cannula
- an installed surgical instrument 5 including housing 24 , shaft 23 , wrist 29 , and end effector 28
- adaptor 109 an example of an applicable drape is disclosed in pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/240,113 filed Sep. 30, 2005, the full disclosure of which has been previously incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- a sterile drape is thus provided for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile and electrically-isolating barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system. Accordingly, means and methods for transferring data and/or providing power across a sterile barrier to/from removable surgical instruments are desirable.
- disposable or re-usable sterilizable instrument adaptors/interfaces with electrical contacts have been employed.
- the present invention improves on the interface by the elimination of extra interfaces, the elimination of extra parts, and the increased reliability of a non-contact interface as compared to electrical contacts.
- apparatus, systems, and methods for passing signals and/or power through the sterile barrier between a surgical instrument and the robotic system are provided.
- data communication across a sterile barrier may be provided by a communication device utilizing optical, close-coupled magnetics, and/or radio wave transmission in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated by using a light transmitter 402 a (e.g., modulated light emitters, LEDS, and/or lasers) to transmit data through an optically transparent sterile barrier 300 to be received on the other side of the barrier 300 by an optical sensor 402 b (e.g., photo-diode or photo-transistor) in a surgical instrument 5 .
- Data can travel in both directions between an insertion axis 100 of a manipulator and the instrument 5 by including a transmit and receive pair (transmitter 402 a , sensor 404 b and sensor 402 b , transmitter 404 a ) on each side of the sterile barrier.
- a communication device includes light transmitter 402 a and optical sensor 404 b operably coupled to carriage link 106 and a printed circuit assembly (PCA) 401 for processing received and/or transmitted data (e.g., instrument identification, connection status to the sterile adaptor via a Hall Effect sensor, etc.), and optical sensor 402 b and light transmitter 404 a are operably coupled to a removable instrument.
- PCA 401 may be located on carriage link 106 and function as a remote PCA operably coupled to a main PCA. In alternative embodiments, PCA 401 may function as a main PCA located outside of the insertion axis.
- optically transferred data can be sent in the presence of ambient light interference when baseline and thresholds are adjusted accordingly at rates between the higher data rate and the lower rate of change of ambient light. Alternately in embodiments where ambient light is blocked, this adjustment technique is not required.
- FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated between an insertion axis 100 of a manipulator and an instrument 5 through sterile barrier 300 via magnetic coupling using primary and secondary parts of a transformer such that direct physical contact through sterile barrier 300 is not required.
- a communication device includes a primary transformer part 406 wound with wire or printed circuit traces and operably coupled to a PCA 408 .
- a secondary transformer part 410 is operably coupled to a surgical instrument 5 for transfer of data between PCA 408 and the surgical instrument.
- separate transformer part pairs may be employed for signal and signal direction.
- data signals may be bidirectional in this embodiment.
- power transfer across sterile barrier 300 without electrical contact may be provided by AC magnetic coupling of separated primary and secondary transformer parts 406 and 410 .
- This transformer can be the same as the transformer noted above with respect to FIG. 12 used for data transmission for lower bandwidth systems by multiplexing power transmission and data transmission. For higher data requirements, separate transformer part pairs may be employed for signals and power.
- Concentration of magnetic field lines is advantageous to reduce emissions and susceptibility to stray magnetic fields as well as to increase the efficiency of power and data transfer.
- a concentration of magnetic field lines may be used to increase the specificity of the data and power coupling.
- Such a concentration can be achieved through the use of magnetically permeable cores, including ferrite, powdered iron, and amorphous metallic materials. Common shapes available for this purpose include pot cores, E cores, and U cores.
- primary transformer part 406 is wound with wire or printed circuit traces, and secondary transformer part 410 is operably coupled to switching power circuits, for example having a bridge rectifier 412 and a capacitor 414 , used to provide isolated power.
- Applicable switching circuits include but are not limited to forward converters, flyback converters, and other isolated converters.
- FIG. 13 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated between an insertion axis 100 of a manipulator and an instrument 5 through sterile barrier 300 via magnetic coupling using a coil ( 416 a , 418 b ) and sensor ( 416 b , 418 a ) pairing.
- Coil 416 a operably coupled to a carriage link, transmits data by modulation of current through a coil, which can be wound wire or printed circuit traces in one example.
- Sensor 416 b operably coupled to a surgical instrument, receives the data from coil 416 a through barrier 300 .
- Sensor 416 b can be mechanical or electronic, including but not limited to Hall Effect and magneto-resistive sensors, that reads current in the coil of coil 416 a at a distance for bit information. Data may be communicated in both directions by including another coil 418 b and sensor 418 a pair on each side of the sterile barrier. Coil 418 b and sensor 418 a may be substantially similar to coil 416 a and sensor 416 b , respectively, as described above.
- FIG. 14 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated between an insertion axis 100 of a manipulator and an instrument 5 across sterile barrier 300 via radio waves.
- a PCA 420 operably coupled to a carriage link of an insertion axis may wirelessly communicate through the sterile barrier with a PCA 422 operably coupled to an instrument.
- PCAs 420 and 422 support various wireless communication protocols, including but not limited to Bluetooth, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11, DECT, as well as non-public purpose designed protocols.
- FIG. 15 illustrates a block diagram of a remote printed circuit assembly (PCA) (e.g., PCA 401 , 408 , or 420 ) that may be used with the embodiments of FIGS. 10 through 14 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- the PCA block diagram illustrates inputs and outputs of the PCA, and in one embodiment, the PCA may have inputs and outputs for providing wireless power and/or wireless communication with LEDs, Hall effect sensors, a sterile adaptor, an instrument, and/or a user interface button (e.g., for a clutch operation).
- the PCA may also include an input for receiving power and an input/output for communicating with a main PCA (e.g., processor 4 of FIG. 1 ).
- the remote PCA may include, in one example, an Embedded Serializer for Instrument Interface (ESII) PCA, which is manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. It is noted that other printed circuit assemblies or boards that allow for the communication of signals related to the instrument, the sterile adaptor, the accessory, and/or the state of the system are within the scope of the present invention.
- EII Embedded Serializer for Instrument Interface
- the present invention allows a user to repeatedly and operably install and remove surgical instruments on the system while maintaining a sterile barrier between the patient in the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile portions of the robotic system. Furthermore, separation of the electrical circuits of the robotic surgical system provides a barrier to leakage currents that might otherwise cause electrical harm to patients and/or medical staff. Accurate data transmission between the system and the instrument is made possible even in the presence of high electromagnetic noise caused by energy tools commonly used in surgery by the mentioned techniques of magnetic field concentration.
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Description
- This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/613,915 filed Dec. 20, 2006, which claimed the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/752,755, filed Dec. 20, 2005, the full disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/613,578 filed Dec. 20, 2006, entitled “Cable Tensioning A Robotic Surgical System”, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/613,800 filed Dec. 20, 2006, entitled “Telescopic Insertion Axis Of A Robotic Surgical System”, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/556,484, filed Nov. 3, 2006, entitled “Indicator For Tool State and Communication In A Multi-Arm Robotic Telesurgery”, and U.S. application Ser. No. 11/613,695 filed Dec. 20, 2006, entitled “Instrument Interface In A Robotic Surgical System”, the full disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
- The present invention relates generally to robotic surgical systems and, more particularly, to an apparatus, system, and method for wireless communication and power supply in a robotic surgical system.
- Minimally invasive robotic surgical or telesurgical systems have been developed to increase a surgeon's dexterity and to avoid some of the limitations on traditional minimally invasive techniques. In telesurgery, the surgeon uses some form of remote control, e.g., a servomechanism or the like, to manipulate surgical instrument movements, rather than directly holding and moving the instruments by hand. In telesurgery systems, the surgeon can be provided with an image of the surgical site at the surgical workstation. While viewing a two or three dimensional image of the surgical site on a display, the surgeon performs the surgical procedures on the patient by manipulating master control devices, which in turn control motion of the servomechanically operated instruments.
- In robotically assisted surgery, the surgeon typically operates a master controller to control the motion of surgical instruments at the surgical site from a location that may be remote from the patient (e.g., across the operating room, in a different room, or a completely different building from the patient). The master controller usually includes one or more hand input devices, such as hand-held wrist gimbals, joysticks, exoskeletal gloves or the like, which are operatively coupled to the surgical instruments that are releasably coupled to a patient side surgical manipulator (“the slave”). The master controller controls the instruments' position, orientation, and articulation at the surgical site. The slave is an electro-mechanical assembly that includes a plurality of arms, joints, linkages, servo-motors, etc. that are connected together to support and control the surgical instruments. In a surgical procedure, the surgical instruments (including an endoscope) may be introduced directly into an open surgical site or more typically through trocar sleeves into a body cavity. Depending on a surgical procedure, there are available a variety of surgical instruments, such as tissue graspers, needle drivers, electrosurgical cautery probes, etc., to perform various functions for the surgeon, e.g., holding or driving a needle, suturing, grasping a blood vessel, or dissecting, cauterizing or coagulating tissue.
- A surgical manipulator assembly may be said to be divided into three main components that include a non-sterile drive and control component, a sterilizable end effector or surgical tool/instrument, and an intermediate connector component. The intermediate connector component includes mechanical elements for coupling the surgical tool with the drive and control component, and for transferring motion from the drive component to the surgical tool. Electrical cables, such as flexible flat cables, have been previously used to provide power, ground, and/or data signals between the components of the surgical system. Prior telerobotic surgical systems with such electrical cables are described for example in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/613,800 filed Dec. 20, 2006, entitled “Telescopic Insertion Axis Of A Robotic Surgical System”, the complete disclosure of which has been previously incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. However, issues related to small clearances, electrical noise, mechanical fatigue, and mechanical hazards can possibly lead to malfunction and decreased system robustness. Furthermore, power and data transactions for electrical circuits must cross a sterile barrier (e.g., a membrane or film) that separates the sterile field containing surgical activity from the non-sterile mechanisms of the surgical robot.
- What is needed, therefore, are improved apparatus and methods for providing electrical signals and/or power through a sterile barrier in a telerobotic surgical system to surgical instruments in the sterile field.
- The present invention provides an advantageous apparatus, system, and method for wireless communication and power supply in a telerobotic surgical system.
- In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a robotic manipulator is provided, comprising a base link operably coupled to a distal end of a manipulator arm, and a carriage link movably coupled to the base link. The carriage link includes a communication device that wirelessly communicates with a removable surgical instrument through a sterile drape.
- In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a robotic surgical system is provided, the system comprising an insertion axis of a robotic manipulator, including a base link operably coupled to a distal end of a manipulator arm, and a carriage link movably coupled to the base link, the carriage link including a printed circuit assembly and a link communication device. The system further includes a sterile drape over the insertion axis, and a removable surgical instrument that wirelessly communicates with the link communication device through the sterile drape.
- In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a method of wireless communication in a robotic surgical system is provided, the method comprising providing a carriage link of a robotic manipulator including a link communication device, positioning a sterile drape over the robotic manipulator, mounting a removable surgical instrument on the carriage link, and passing data wirelessly through the sterile drape between the link communication device and the surgical instrument.
- Advantageously, the present invention allows a user to repeatedly and operably install and remove surgical instruments on the system while maintaining a sterile barrier between the patient in the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile portions of the robotic system. Furthermore, separation of the robotic surgical system's electrical circuits provides additional barrier to leakage currents.
- The scope of the invention is defined by the claims, which are incorporated into this section by reference. A more complete understanding of embodiments of the present invention will be afforded to those skilled in the art, as well as a realization of additional advantages thereof, by a consideration of the following detailed description of one or more embodiments. Reference will be made to the appended sheets of drawings that will first be described briefly.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a portion of an operating theater illustrating a robotic surgical system, including a master surgeon console or workstation for inputting a surgical procedure and a robotic manipulator system for robotically moving surgical instruments at a surgical site within a patient. -
FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate a perspective view and a front view, respectively, of an embodiment of a manipulator system, including positioning linkages or set up joints which allow a patient side robotic manipulator and/or an endoscope or camera robotic manipulator to be pre-configured for surgery. -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an example of a surgical instrument for use in the system ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view from above of an alternative manipulator system including a plurality of positioning linkages, each supporting a manipulator arm. -
FIGS. 5A through 5E illustrate perspective views and a partial frontal view of a manipulator including a telescopic insertion axis and wireless communication means in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5A1 is a close-up view of a carriage link of the telescopic insertion axis in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 is a side view of the manipulator ofFIGS. 5A through 5E showing the wireless communication means and a power supply in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 7 is a side view of the manipulator ofFIGS. 5A through 5E showing the wireless communication means and another power supply in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. -
FIGS. 8A and 8B are block diagrams of a main printed circuit assembly (PCA) and a remote PCA, respectively, illustrating inputs and outputs of the PCAs. -
FIGS. 9A and 9B are simple block diagrams showing a sliding brush contact for providing power to a wireless communication means in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 10A is a perspective view of a sterile drape including an instrument sterile adaptor draped over a manipulator. -
FIG. 10B is a perspective view of the sterile drape ofFIG. 10A illustrating a mounted accessory and an installed surgical instrument. -
FIG. 11 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier by a light transmitter and an optical sensor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 12 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier via magnetic coupling using primary and secondary parts of a transformer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 13 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier via magnetic coupling using a coil and sensor pairing in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 14 illustrates a system in which data is communicated through a sterile barrier via radio waves in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 15 illustrates a block diagram of a printed circuit assembly (PCA) that may be used with the embodiments ofFIGS. 10 through 14 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. - Embodiments of the present invention and their advantages are best understood by referring to the detailed description that follows. It should be appreciated that like reference numerals are used to identify like elements illustrated in one or more of the figures. It should also be appreciated that the figures may not be necessarily drawn to scale.
- The present invention provides a system, apparatus, and method for wireless communication in a telerobotic surgical system for performing robotically-assisted surgical procedures on a patient, particularly including neurosurgical procedures and endoscopic procedures, such as laparoscopy, arthroscopy, thoracoscopy and the like. The apparatus and method of the present invention is particularly useful as part of a telerobotic surgical system that allows the surgeon to manipulate the surgical instruments through a servomechanism at a location remote from the patient. One example of a robotic surgical system is the da Vinci® S™ surgical system available from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. A User's Guide for the da Vinci® S™ surgical system is available from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. and is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
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FIGS. 1-3 illustrate components of a roboticsurgical system 1 for performing minimally invasive robotic surgery.System 1 is similar to that described in more detail in U.S. Pat. No. 6,246,200, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. A system operator O (generally a surgeon) performs a minimally invasive surgical procedure on a patient P lying on an operating table T. The system operator O sees images presented bydisplay 12 and manipulates one or more input devices ormasters 2 at a surgeon'sconsole 3. In response to the surgeon's input commands, acomputer processor 4 ofconsole 3 directs movement of surgical instruments ortools 5, effecting servomechanical movement of the instruments via a robotic patient-side manipulator system 6 (a cart-based system in this example) including joints, linkages, and manipulator arms each having a telescopic insertion axis. In one embodiment,processor 4 correlates the movement of the end effectors oftools 5 so that the motions of the end effectors follow the movements of the input devices in the hands of the system operator O. -
Processor 4 will typically include data processing hardware and software, with the software typically comprising machine-readable code. The machine-readable code will embody software programming instructions to implement some or all of the methods described herein. Whileprocessor 4 is shown as a single block in the simplified schematic ofFIG. 1 , the processor may comprise a number of data processing circuits (e.g., on the surgeon'sconsole 3 and/or on the patient-side manipulator system 6), with at least a portion of the processing optionally being performed adjacent an input device, a portion being performed adjacent a manipulator, and the like. Any of a wide variety of centralized or distributed data processing architectures may be employed. Similarly, the programming code may be implemented as a number of separate programs or subroutines, or may be integrated into a number of other aspects of the robotic systems described herein. In one embodiment,processor 4 may support wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, IrDA, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11, DECT, and Wireless Telemetry. - In one example,
manipulator system 6 includes at least four robotic manipulator assemblies. Three linkages 7 (mounted at the sides of the cart in this example) support andposition manipulators 8 withlinkages 7 in general supporting a base of themanipulators 8 at a fixed location during at least a portion of the surgical procedure.Manipulators 8 movesurgical tools 5 for robotic manipulation of tissues. One additional linkage 9 (mounted at the center of the cart in this example) supports andpositions manipulator 10 which controls the motion of an endoscope/camera probe 11 to capture an image (preferably stereoscopic) of the internal surgical site. The fixable portion ofpositioning linkages - In one example, the image of the internal surgical site is shown to operator O by a
stereoscopic display 12 in surgeon'sconsole 3. The internal surgical site is simultaneously shown to assistant A by anassistance display 14. - Assistant A assists in
pre-positioning manipulator assemblies linkage arms swapping tools 5 from one or more of the surgical manipulators for alternative surgical tools orinstruments 5′; in operating related non-robotic medical instruments and equipment; in manually moving a manipulator assembly so that the associated tool accesses the internal surgical site through a different aperture, and the like. - In general terms, the
linkages side system 6, and typically remain in a fixed configuration during at least a portion of a surgical procedure.Manipulators console 3. Although one or more of the joints of the set-up arm may optionally be driven and robotically controlled, at least some of the set-up arm joints may be configured for manual positioning by assistant A. - Some of the manipulators include a telescopic insertion axis 100 (
FIGS. 5A-5E ), although in other embodiments, all of the manipulators may include atelescopic insertion axis 100.Telescopic insertion axis 100 allows for movement of mountedinstrument 5, via three operably coupled links, in one example. - For convenience, a manipulator such as
manipulator 8 that is supporting a surgical tool used to manipulate tissues is sometimes referred to as a patient-side manipulator (PSM), while amanipulator 10 which controls an image capture or data acquisition device such asendoscope 11 may be referred to as an endoscope-camera manipulator (ECM). The manipulators may optionally actuate, maneuver and control a wide variety of instruments or tools, image capture devices, and the like which are useful for surgery. -
Instruments 5 andendoscope 11 may be manually positioned when setting up for a surgical procedure, when reconfiguring themanipulator system 6 for a different phase of a surgical procedure, when removing and replacing an instrument with analternate instrument 5′, and the like. During such manual reconfiguring of the manipulator assembly by assistant A, the manipulator assembly may be placed in a different mode than is used during master/slave telesurgery, with the manually repositionable mode sometimes being referred to as a clutch mode. The manipulator assembly may change between the tissue manipulation mode and the clutch mode in response to an input such as pushing a button or switch on manipulator 8 (e.g., a clutch button/switch 103 inFIGS. 5A-5D ), or some other component to the manipulator assembly, thereby allowing assistant A to change the manipulator mode. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, signals for mode change may be passed wirelessly as discussed in greater detail below. - As can be seen in
FIGS. 1 and 2A through 2B,indicators 20 are disposed on each manipulator assembly. In this embodiment,indicators 20 are disposed onmanipulators mounted tools 5. In alternative embodiments,indicators 20 may instead be disposed elsewhere onmanipulators tool 5 to be replaced by assistant A, system operator O may input a command intoworkstation 3 so thatindicator 20 on the manipulator assembly associated with thespecific tool 5 generates a visually identifiable signal that can be viewed by the assistant. An example of an indicator is disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/556,484, filed Nov. 3, 2006, the full disclosure of which (including all references incorporated by reference therein) is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. Again, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, LED control signals forindicators 20 may be passed wirelessly as discussed in greater detail below. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of an articulated surgical tool orinstrument 5.Tool 5 has aproximal housing 24 which interfaces with a tool holder or instrument interface of the manipulator, generally providing a quick release mounting engagement through a sterile adapter or interface, an example of which is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/314,040, filed Dec. 20, 2005, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/395,418, filed Mar. 31, 2006, which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.Tool 5 includes anelongated shaft 23 supporting anend effector 28 relative toproximal housing 24.Proximal housing 24 accepts and transmits drive signals or drive motion between themanipulator 8 and theend effector 28. An articulatedwrist 29 may provide two degrees of freedom of motion betweenend effector 28 andshaft 23, and the shaft may be rotatable relative toproximal housing 24 about the axis of the shaft so as to provide theend effector 28 with three orientational degrees of freedom within the patient's body. - The surgical tool may include a variety of articulated end effectors, such as jaws, scissors, graspers, needle holders, micro-dissectors, staple appliers, tackers, suction irrigation tools, and clip appliers, that may be driven by wire links, eccentric cams, push-rods, or other mechanisms. In addition, the surgical tool may comprise a non-articulated instrument, such as cutting blades, probes, irrigators, catheters or suction devices. Alternatively, the surgical tool may comprise an electrosurgical probe for ablating, resecting, cutting or coagulating tissue. Examples of applicable adaptors, tools or instruments, and accessories are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,331,181, 6,491,701, and 6,770,081, the full disclosures of which (including disclosures incorporated by reference therein) are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. Applicable surgical instruments are also commercially available from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif.
- Referring now to
FIG. 4 , a perspective view is illustrated of an alternative modularmanipulator support assembly 30 that may be mounted to a ceiling of an operating room. Themodular manipulator support 30 aligns and supports a robotic manipulator system relative to a set of desired surgical incision sites in a patient's body.Modular manipulator support 30 generally includes an orientatingplatform 36 and a plurality of configurable set-uplinkage arms manipulator platform 36 also supports anassistant display 31, which may be used for set-up, instrument changes, viewing of the procedure, and the like. The structures and use of any of the components of modularmanipulator support assembly 30 are analogous to those described above regardingmanipulator system 6, and are more fully described in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/043,688, filed on Jan. 24, 2005, and entitled “Modular Manipulator Support For Robotic Surgery”, the full disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Again, eachmanipulator - Referring now to
FIGS. 5A through 5E ,manipulator 8 including an embodiment of atelescopic insertion axis 100 is shown in more detail. In one example, the insertion axis is comprised of a 3-stage telescopic linear axis including three links movably coupled to one another via rails, pulleys, and cables, with the links narrowing in width or form factor moving from the proximal link toward the distal link. Advantageously, the present invention provides for one-handed port and instrument clutching, a larger range of motion, a narrower insertion arm, and greater insertion axis stiffness and strength with reduced inertia as a function of insertion depth, thereby helping to enable a two-quadrant surgery with a single setup (e.g., a colorectal surgery), and providing for more space and visibility near the surgical field. -
FIGS. 5A through 5E illustrate a perspective view ofmanipulator 8 including amanipulator arm 50, andtelescopic insertion axis 100 operably coupled to a distal end ofarm 50 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.Telescopic insertion axis 100 includes a first link orbase link 102, a second link oridler link 104 operably coupled tobase link 102, and a third link orcarriage link 106 operably coupled toidler link 104. FIG. 5A1 illustrates a closer view ofcarriage link 106. -
Base link 102 is operably coupled to a distal end ofarm 50, and in one example has anaccessory clamp 108 attached to a distal end ofbase link 102. Anaccessory 110, such as a cannula, may be mounted ontoaccessory clamp 108. An example of applicable accessory clamps and accessories are disclosed in pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/240,087, filed Sep. 30, 2005, the full disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. An example of applicable sterile adaptors and instrument housings are disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/314,040, filed Dec. 20, 2005 and in U.S. application Ser. No. 11/395,418, filed Mar. 31, 2006, the full disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. -
Carriage link 106 includes aninstrument interface 101 for operably coupling to asterile adaptor 109, which in turn is operably coupled to ahousing 24 of aninstrument 5, and controls the depth of the instrument inside a patient. In one embodiment, thesterile adaptor 109 may be part of a drape that may be draped over the robotic surgical system, and in particular the manipulator system, to establish a sterile barrier between the non-sterile PSM arms and the sterile field of the surgical procedure. An example of an applicable drape and adaptor is disclosed in pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/240,113 filed Sep. 30, 2005 and U.S. application Ser. No. 11/314,040 filed Dec. 20, 2005, the full disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. - Idler link 104 is movably coupled between
base link 102 and carriage link 106 to allow thelinks - Motion along axes A through G in
manipulator 8, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5A1, are provided by cables extending at least between the proximal and distal links in accordance with the present invention. The robotic arm can then control a tool operably coupled to the arm. The cables are a component of a transmission system also including drive pulleys, idler pulleys, and output pulleys, which are driven by electric motors. A pulley bank is located on an underside ofbase link 102 for passing cables betweeninsertion axis 100 andmanipulator arm 50 ofmanipulator system 6. A plurality of motion feed-throughs, in addition to other elements, may also be provided for transferring motion. - The drive assembly may further include a plurality of drive motors coupled to the arm for rotation therewith. Yaw and pitch motors control the motion of the arm about the A axis and the B axis (
FIG. 5A ), respectively, and drive motors control the motion of the wrist unit and surgical tool. In one embodiment, four drive motors are mounted proximally in the arm to control four degrees of freedom of the tool mounted distally on the arm (the D, E, F, and G axes). Also, a proximally mounted motor controls the insertion position of the tool distally on the arm (along the C axis). The drive motors will preferably be coupled to encoders and potentiometers (not shown) to enable the servomechanism. Embodiments of the drive assembly, arm, and other applicable parts are described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,331,181, 6,491,701, and 6,770,081, the full disclosures of which (including disclosures incorporated by reference therein) are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. The manipulator arm and the drive assembly may also be used with a broad range of positioning devices. A more complete description of a remote center positioning device can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/504,301, filed Jul. 20, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,931,832, the complete disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. - Prior robotic surgical systems have used electrical wire harnesses to provide power, ground, and/or data signals between the components of the surgical system. However, routing electrical cables or wire harnesses through the manipulator, in particular the insertion axis, may be disadvantageous for various reasons, including but not limited to insufficient space for the number of wires required, the bending required of the cable over its lifetime causing damage to the cable, surrounding parts of the robot being required to be enlarged to accommodate cables, and the cable not being sufficiently packaged out of the working area of the robot thereby causing disruption of the workflow and/or exposure of the cable to damage.
- Referring now to
FIGS. 6 and 7 in conjunction with the earlier figures, a main printed circuit assembly (PCA) and wireless transceiver 202 (“main PCA/transceiver”) and a remote PCA and wireless transceiver 204 (“remote PCA/transceiver”) are used for wirelessly transferring data between a region of a surgical robot in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. - In this embodiment, main PCA/
transceiver 202 is located outside ofinsertion axis 100, in one example within a link ofarm 50, and is operably coupled to other control electronics of the robotic surgical system. Remote PCA/transceiver 204 is located withininsertion axis 100, in one example being withincarriage link 106, and is operably coupled to interface 101 for receiving the sterile adaptor and the surgical instrument. In another example, remote PCA/transceiver 204 may be operably coupled toindicator 20. It is noted that the PCAs/transceivers - Main PCA/
transceiver 202 and remote PCA/transceiver 204 may support various wireless communication protocols, including but not limited to Bluetooth, IrDA, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11, DECT, and Wireless Telemetry. Data transmitted between remote PCA/transceiver 204 and main PCA/transceiver 202 may include information about the instrument (e.g., instrument identification, connection status to the sterile adaptor via a Hall Effect sensor, etc.), the sterile adaptor (e.g., connection status to the carriage link interface, etc.), and the state of the system (e.g., tissue manipulation mode, clutch mode, cannula presence, etc., that control for such things as LED color and blinking frequency of indicator 20). Thus, in one example, electrical signals may be communicated to and from a surgical tool, a sterile adaptor, LEDs, a clutch button, and Hall Effect sensors. Other examples of data that may be communicated are described in the User's Guide for the da Vinci® S™ surgical system available from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. - Referring now to
FIGS. 8A and 8B , block diagrams of amain PCA 202 and aremote PCA 204, respectively, are illustrated showing inputs and outputs of the PCAs. In one embodiment, the remote PCA may have inputs and outputs for providing power and/or communicating with LEDs, Hall effect sensors, a sterile adaptor, an instrument, and a user interface button (e.g., for a clutch operation). The remote PCA may also include an input for receiving power and an input/output for communicating with a main PCA (e.g.,processor 4 ofFIG. 1 ). In one embodiment, the main PCA may have inputs and outputs for providing power and/or communicating with motors (e.g., the main PCA transmits position controls to the motors and processes potentiometer and encoder signals), sensors, the user interface button, the remote PCA, and other printed circuit boards on a patient side cart system via a serial communication bus. The remote PCA may include, in one example, an Embedded Serializer for Instrument Interface (ESII) PCA, and the main PCA may include, in one example, an Embedded Serializer Patient Manipulator (ESPM) PCA, both of which are manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. It is noted that other printed circuit assemblies or boards that allow for the communication of signals related to the instrument, the sterile adaptor, the accessory, and/or the state of the system are within the scope of the present invention. - In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, various means for providing power to the remote PCA/
transceiver 204 are disclosed. In one example, abattery 206 is operably coupled to remote PCA/transceiver 204. For the case of low power consumption, a small disposable battery may be used to power the remote PCA/transceiver 204. Field service personnel may preemptively change this battery a few times a year. For higher power consumption cases, such as for providing power to LEDs of the insertion axis indicators 20 (FIGS. 1 and 2 ), rechargeable batteries may be utilized. In one example, an inductive charging system may be used such that the battery for the remote PCA may be charged when the system is not in use (e.g., the insertion axis may completely retract when the system is turned off thereby bringing charger coils sufficiently close to charge the battery). Advantageously, no conductors are exposed and no batteries need be replaced in this embodiment. In a further embodiment, a large battery on the manipulator cart can charge the remote PCA battery even if the cart is not plugged into a wall socket. - In another example for providing power to the remote PCA/transceiver, a
wire 210 may be routed to theremote PCA 204 to provide power from apower source 208 external to the insertion axis, thereby eliminating many of the wires between the two PCAs/transceivers. - In yet another example for providing power, sliding wiper contacts may be used between the
base link 102 andidler link 104, and between theidler link 104 and thecarriage link 106.FIGS. 9A and 9B illustrate an example of sliding wiper contacts betweenlinks links FIG. 9A illustrates a simplified side view of aconductive brush 212 attached to link 102 (or alternatively on link 104) that slides over a conductivelengthwise track 214 on link 104 (or alternatively on link 102) and that allows for electrical coupling betweenlinks FIG. 9B illustrates a simplified top view of thelengthwise track 214 that may include twoparallel tracks 214 a and 214 b, with one track for power and the other track for ground.Brush 212 may be preloaded againsttrack 214 to ensure good contact in one example. - As noted above, in one embodiment a drape may be draped over the robotic surgical system, and in particular the manipulator system, to establish a sterile and electrically-isolating barrier between the non-sterile PSM arms and the sterile field of the surgical procedure, as illustrated in
FIGS. 10A and 10B .FIG. 10A is a perspective view of asterile drape 300 including instrumentsterile adaptor 109 draped overmanipulator 8,manipulator arm 50, andinsertion axis 100.FIG. 10B is a perspective view ofsterile drape 300 ofFIG. 10A illustrating a mounted accessory 110 (e.g., a cannula) and an installed surgical instrument 5 (includinghousing 24,shaft 23,wrist 29, and end effector 28) engaged withadaptor 109. An example of an applicable drape is disclosed in pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/240,113 filed Sep. 30, 2005, the full disclosure of which has been previously incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. - A sterile drape is thus provided for draping portions of a telerobotic surgical system to maintain a sterile and electrically-isolating barrier between the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile robotic system. Accordingly, means and methods for transferring data and/or providing power across a sterile barrier to/from removable surgical instruments are desirable. Previously, disposable or re-usable sterilizable instrument adaptors/interfaces with electrical contacts have been employed. The present invention improves on the interface by the elimination of extra interfaces, the elimination of extra parts, and the increased reliability of a non-contact interface as compared to electrical contacts.
- In accordance with the present invention, apparatus, systems, and methods for passing signals and/or power through the sterile barrier between a surgical instrument and the robotic system are provided. Referring now to
FIGS. 11-14 , data communication across a sterile barrier may be provided by a communication device utilizing optical, close-coupled magnetics, and/or radio wave transmission in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. -
FIG. 11 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated by using alight transmitter 402 a (e.g., modulated light emitters, LEDS, and/or lasers) to transmit data through an optically transparentsterile barrier 300 to be received on the other side of thebarrier 300 by anoptical sensor 402 b (e.g., photo-diode or photo-transistor) in asurgical instrument 5. Data can travel in both directions between aninsertion axis 100 of a manipulator and theinstrument 5 by including a transmit and receive pair (transmitter 402 a,sensor 404 b andsensor 402 b,transmitter 404 a) on each side of the sterile barrier. In one example, a communication device includeslight transmitter 402 a andoptical sensor 404 b operably coupled to carriage link 106 and a printed circuit assembly (PCA) 401 for processing received and/or transmitted data (e.g., instrument identification, connection status to the sterile adaptor via a Hall Effect sensor, etc.), andoptical sensor 402 b andlight transmitter 404 a are operably coupled to a removable instrument. In one example,PCA 401 may be located oncarriage link 106 and function as a remote PCA operably coupled to a main PCA. In alternative embodiments,PCA 401 may function as a main PCA located outside of the insertion axis. - Advantageously, optically transferred data can be sent in the presence of ambient light interference when baseline and thresholds are adjusted accordingly at rates between the higher data rate and the lower rate of change of ambient light. Alternately in embodiments where ambient light is blocked, this adjustment technique is not required.
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FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated between aninsertion axis 100 of a manipulator and aninstrument 5 throughsterile barrier 300 via magnetic coupling using primary and secondary parts of a transformer such that direct physical contact throughsterile barrier 300 is not required. In one example, a communication device includes aprimary transformer part 406 wound with wire or printed circuit traces and operably coupled to a PCA 408. Asecondary transformer part 410 is operably coupled to asurgical instrument 5 for transfer of data between PCA 408 and the surgical instrument. For higher data requirements, separate transformer part pairs may be employed for signal and signal direction. Advantageously, data signals may be bidirectional in this embodiment. - In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, power transfer across
sterile barrier 300 without electrical contact may be provided by AC magnetic coupling of separated primary andsecondary transformer parts FIG. 12 used for data transmission for lower bandwidth systems by multiplexing power transmission and data transmission. For higher data requirements, separate transformer part pairs may be employed for signals and power. - Concentration of magnetic field lines is advantageous to reduce emissions and susceptibility to stray magnetic fields as well as to increase the efficiency of power and data transfer. In some cases, a concentration of magnetic field lines may be used to increase the specificity of the data and power coupling. Such a concentration can be achieved through the use of magnetically permeable cores, including ferrite, powdered iron, and amorphous metallic materials. Common shapes available for this purpose include pot cores, E cores, and U cores.
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primary transformer part 406 is wound with wire or printed circuit traces, andsecondary transformer part 410 is operably coupled to switching power circuits, for example having abridge rectifier 412 and acapacitor 414, used to provide isolated power. Applicable switching circuits include but are not limited to forward converters, flyback converters, and other isolated converters. -
FIG. 13 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated between aninsertion axis 100 of a manipulator and aninstrument 5 throughsterile barrier 300 via magnetic coupling using a coil (416 a, 418 b) and sensor (416 b, 418 a) pairing. Coil 416 a, operably coupled to a carriage link, transmits data by modulation of current through a coil, which can be wound wire or printed circuit traces in one example.Sensor 416 b, operably coupled to a surgical instrument, receives the data from coil 416 a throughbarrier 300.Sensor 416 b can be mechanical or electronic, including but not limited to Hall Effect and magneto-resistive sensors, that reads current in the coil of coil 416 a at a distance for bit information. Data may be communicated in both directions by including anothercoil 418 b and sensor 418 a pair on each side of the sterile barrier.Coil 418 b and sensor 418 a may be substantially similar to coil 416 a andsensor 416 b, respectively, as described above. -
FIG. 14 illustrates an embodiment in which data is communicated between aninsertion axis 100 of a manipulator and aninstrument 5 acrosssterile barrier 300 via radio waves. APCA 420 operably coupled to a carriage link of an insertion axis may wirelessly communicate through the sterile barrier with aPCA 422 operably coupled to an instrument. In one example,PCAs -
FIG. 15 illustrates a block diagram of a remote printed circuit assembly (PCA) (e.g.,PCA 401, 408, or 420) that may be used with the embodiments ofFIGS. 10 through 14 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The PCA block diagram illustrates inputs and outputs of the PCA, and in one embodiment, the PCA may have inputs and outputs for providing wireless power and/or wireless communication with LEDs, Hall effect sensors, a sterile adaptor, an instrument, and/or a user interface button (e.g., for a clutch operation). The PCA may also include an input for receiving power and an input/output for communicating with a main PCA (e.g.,processor 4 ofFIG. 1 ). The remote PCA may include, in one example, an Embedded Serializer for Instrument Interface (ESII) PCA, which is manufactured by Intuitive Surgical, Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif. It is noted that other printed circuit assemblies or boards that allow for the communication of signals related to the instrument, the sterile adaptor, the accessory, and/or the state of the system are within the scope of the present invention. - Advantageously, the present invention allows a user to repeatedly and operably install and remove surgical instruments on the system while maintaining a sterile barrier between the patient in the sterile surgical field and the non-sterile portions of the robotic system. Furthermore, separation of the electrical circuits of the robotic surgical system provides a barrier to leakage currents that might otherwise cause electrical harm to patients and/or medical staff. Accurate data transmission between the system and the instrument is made possible even in the presence of high electromagnetic noise caused by energy tools commonly used in surgery by the mentioned techniques of magnetic field concentration.
- Embodiments described above illustrate but do not limit the invention. It should also be understood that numerous modifications and variations are possible in accordance with the principles of the present invention. For example, numerous PCAs and respective wireless communication devices placed in various system locations is within the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, the system is not limited to four robotic manipulator assemblies, but may include two or more in other examples. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is defined only by the following claims.
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